When we talk about cricketers, most of the time we talk about the things which they do on the field. We don’t really know what is happening in their personal lives. Many people want to know about their personal lives and how do they behave when they are not on screen.
Some players are the same on and off the field whereas some are completely different. Talking about personal lives, there are quite a few cricketers who have got separated from their wives because of various issues. So, on that note let’s have a look at 10 cricketers who got separated in their personal lives.
- Brett Lee:
The Australian fast bowler had married a woman named Elizabeth Kemp in 2006 but they got divorced in just more than two years. After that, in 2014, Brett Lee married Lana Anderson.
- Mohammad Azharuddin:
Many people would know about the two marriages of the Hyderabadi cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin. He was first married to Naureen with whom he had two sons. But later on, he wanted to marry the actress Sangeeta Biljani in 1996, so he got separated from his first and wife.
- Dinesh Karthik:
Dinesh Karthik’s divorce story is very interesting. Karthik was married to his childhood friend Nikita Vanjara. In 2012, Karthik found out that his wife is having an affair with Murali Vijay and so he divorced her! In 2015, he married the famous squash player Deepika Pallikal.
- Jhonty Rhodes:
The famous South African fielder who mas married to a woman named Kate McCarthy but after 19 years their marriage ended in 2013. Jhonty Rhodes married Melanie Wolf the next year.
- Javgal Srinath:
The Indian fast bowler was first married to Jyotsna but divorced her to marry a journalist named Madhavi Patravali. They both got married in 2008.
- Vinod Kambli:
Vinod Kambli is anyways famous for his off-field stories and this is just one more of them. Kambli married his childhood friend Noella Lewis in 1998. But later on, because of some issues, he divorced her only to marry a former model Andrea Hewitt.
- Sanath Jayasuriya:
The Sri Lankan legend was married to a woman named Sumudhu Karunanayake in 1998 but they got divorced within a year. In 2000, he married Sandra but even they got divorced in 2012.
- Shoaib Malik:
Shoaib Malik is currently happily married to the Indian tennis player Sania Mirza. But before this marriage, Malik had married a woman named Ayesha Siddiqui back in 2002. Shoaib gave her a divorce before marrying Sania Mirza.
- Simon Doull:
Simon Doull, the tall Kiwi fast bowler who was known for his swing bowling has separated in his personal life. Doull was married to a woman named Karin with whom he had two sons. But later on, he divorced her due to personal reasons. Last year, Doull married a woman named Liana Herbert whom he met in a hospital during surgery.
- Michael Clarke:
The former Australian captain who won the World Cup in 2015 and his wife Kyly recently got divorced after 7 years of marriage. The couple who were married from 2012 were separated five months ago. They have a four-year daughter who will be co-parented. Both of them issued a statement in which this information was given.
